Earth Star Voyager: Part 1 ✓

Not long into the journey, the ship hits a "junk belt".

With Earth ravaged by pollution, the starship Earth Star Voyager is launched on a 26-year mission to Demeter, a distant planet that could be humanity's last hope. The catch? The crew is composed of the youngest, brightest cadets, groomed to spend their entire adult lives in space. Part 1 Highlights: Earth Star Voyager: Part 1

While it was meant to be a pilot for a series that never happened, it remains a "hidden gem" for its believable technology and high-stakes drama. Fans still rave about Duncan Regehr as the mysterious Jacob Brown and the epic score by Lalo Schifrin . Earth Star Voyager: Part 1 - IMDb Not long into the journey, the ship hits a "junk belt"

In a shocking twist for a Disney movie, Captain Forbes is accidentally (or was it?) ejected through an airlock, leaving the rookie Jonathan Hays to take command. The crew is composed of the youngest, brightest

Who could forget the ship’s computer? Using natural language to talk to AI felt like pure magic back in the '80s.

The movie still works for me. After years of voting, this is my first comment. It is sad that Disney has not released this movie ( Full cast & crew - Earth Star Voyager - IMDb

Before Star Trek: Voyager hit the airwaves, Disney gave us a different kind of deep-space odyssey. On January 17, 1988, premiered as a two-part event on The Disney Sunday Movie , and sci-fi for "precocious youngsters" was never the same.